Banned Books Challenge

e715 Host

10 participants (53 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This challenge is a goal to read 52 of the top 100 most banned books in Libraries. Part of the goal of this is to reflect upon why would these books be banned and should they be banned or not.

Banned Books Challenge

e715 Host

10 participants (53 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

This challenge is a goal to read 52 of the top 100 most banned books in Libraries. Part of the goal of this is to reflect upon why would these books be banned and should they be banned or not.

Challenge Books

All books added

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher with Debra Wiseman (Narrator), Joel Johnstone (Narrator)

6h 24m • audio • 2007 • 137 editions

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher with Debra Wiseman (Narrator), Joel Johnstone (Narrator)

6h 24m • 2007 • 137 editions

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad fast-paced

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis #1-2

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi with Mattias Ripa (Translator), Blake Ferriss (Translator)

160 pages • paperback • 2000 • 44 editions

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis #1-2

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Marjane Satrapi with Mattias Ripa (Translator), Blake Ferriss (Translator)

160 pages • 2000 • 44 editions

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

nonfiction graphic novel historical memoir emotional informative sad fast-paced

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson

197 pages • hardcover • 1999 • 87 editions

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson

197 pages • 1999 • 87 editions

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games #1

The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins

374 pages • hardcover • 2008 • 506 editions

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games #1

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

374 pages • 2008 • 506 editions

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale #1

The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood

320 pages • paperback • 1985 • 398 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale #1

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

320 pages • 1985 • 398 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian literary dark reflective tense medium-paced

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

And Tango Makes Three
Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell with Henry Cole (Illustrator)

32 pages • hardcover • 2005 • 14 editions

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell

And Tango Makes Three

Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell with Henry Cole (Illustrator)

32 pages • 2005 • 14 editions

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

Whale Talk
Chris Crutcher

224 pages • 2001 • 7 editions

fiction sports young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction sports young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

Whale Talk

224 pages • 2001 • 7 editions

fiction sports young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced

fiction sports young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini

343 pages • paperback • 2003 • 297 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

343 pages • 2003 • 297 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver
Lois Lowry

240 pages • paperback • 1993 • 155 editions

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Giver

240 pages • 1993 • 155 editions

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian science fiction young adult emotional reflective medium-paced

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
Jill Twiss with Jim Parsons (Narrator), John Lithgow (Narrator), Ellie Kemper (Narrator), Jill Twiss, Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Narrator), Jeff Garlin (Narrator), Jack McBrayer (Narrator), RuPaul (Narrator)

7m • audio • 2018 • 9 editions

fiction childrens lgbtqia+ funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction childrens lgbtqia+ funny lighthearted medium-paced

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

Jill Twiss with Jim Parsons (Narrator), John Lithgow (Narrator), Ellie Kemper (Narrator), Jill Twiss, Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Narrator), Jeff Garlin (Narrator), Jack McBrayer (Narrator), RuPaul (Narrator)

7m • 2018 • 9 editions

fiction childrens lgbtqia+ funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction childrens lgbtqia+ funny lighthearted medium-paced

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